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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Buchaniec: The case for a female president

April 8, 2019

During its 242 years of existence, the U.S. has elected 45 presidents, all male and almost all white. The only Oval Office position held by a female commander-in-chief is in fiction. From the calculating...

Rob Arthur talks about voter suppression in the McCormick Foundation Center Forum at a Tuesday event. Arthur found that recent changes made to voting procedures have been more detrimental to communities of color.

Journalist says 2013 Supreme Court ruling gutted Voting Rights Act

February 20, 2019

After examining data from 18 counties and looking at travel times between residences and polling places, journalist Rob Arthur discovered what he expected: polling place closures hit people of color harder....

Evanston police are investigating a Friday evening death as a homicide. A man was found dead in the 1800 block of Simpson Street Friday night.

Aldermen to consider new contracts with unions

February 10, 2019

Aldermen are set to approve agreements with unions representing the police and government employees, authorizing city manager Wally Bobkiewicz to negotiate these contracts, at Monday’s City Council meeting. City...

School of Law Prof. Deborah Tuerkheimer engaged with attendees in a small group setting after discussing rape law in the era of the #MeToo movement.

Pritzker prof urges rape law reform at One Book One Northwestern event

November 7, 2018

Pritzker Prof. Deborah Tuerkheimer took aim at the nation’s rape laws at a One Book Northwestern event on Tuesday, saying the next stage of the #MeToo movement should reform the nation’s justice system...

The steps of the Supreme Court. In late June, the Court overturned an Illinois law obliging public sector workers to pay a government union in order to work.

Evanston unions feel no repercussions from Supreme Court decision

October 24, 2018

Almost four months after the Supreme Court’s decision banning mandatory union payments, some Evanston unions haven’t yet felt any impacts. In late June, the Court overturned an Illinois law obliging...

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